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We could simply cut and paste stories from Variety, but we don’t. We’re too amazing for that. We RETYPE articles from Variety…

BACK TO BARBARELLA

How did it take this long for Dino De Laurentiis to finance another romp in the space age boudoir with Barbarella? The character, a creation of French comic book artist Jean-Claude Forest, is a liberated gal who gallivants about the cosmos in various states of undress – in other words, the favorite pastime of such … Continue reading

HAVE SOME FAITH WITH YOUR GRUE

"Christian filmgoers" as a niche marketing group are a fickle bunch. Always complaining about the lack of "wholesome entertainment", yet unwilling to put money where the cake hole is when targeted family fare comes calling. Wanna feel terrible and watch Christ get thrashed for two hours? Awesome! How about a story about His inspirational birth? … Continue reading

THE BETTER ACTORS

In case you were all anticipatory over the upcoming Martin Lawrence’s comedy The Better Man (as reported here), we’ve got some news for you.James Earl Jones and Joy Bryant have hooked their actorly talents up to the comedy about a DJ (followed by his frazzled publicist Louis C.K.) taking a hilarious jaunt to the dirty … Continue reading

BRENDAN FRASER AINT THAT STUPID

You could be forgiven for thinking that Brendan Fraser’s involvement in the Mummy franchise was a wra—no, I won’t do it. Let’s just say, it seemed reasonable to think he had moved on and all indications for the latest installment pointed to the focus being on his somewhat grown-up son and the new adventures he … Continue reading

UNADAPTABLE NOVELIST ADAPTED AGAIN

Just as the now late Kurt Vonnegut’s works resisted cinematic interpretation, the novels of Philip Roth, and those of their contemporaries who thrived in the post-World War II era, have never been adequately transferred from prose to screen. This is probably because their writing tended to get lost in ideas rather than plotting; while one … Continue reading

SO IT GOES

Kurt Vonnegut, one of the great American novelists, is dead. It’s not surprising – he was 84 and had not been well – and yet it’s shocking. We’ve been a world without much Vonnegut for years, as his health declined and his writing did as well, but it’s weird to think that we’re now living … Continue reading

THE CHUD KILL LIST #97

Doing this the right way, counting back as it was back in the day. One a day. Discuss it right here. Previous deaths: 100, 99, 98. Enjoy!* # 97 – The Sand Pebbles Though audiences were pleased to see the Tenchu video game being turned into a film, the casting of Jack Purvis as the … Continue reading

LOOKING SMART, YOU TWO

Everyone holding their breath for the first look at Get Smart can let it all out now. Nice and slow. Warner Bros has sent CHUD the first official pic from the Hathaway/Carell revisioning and……it looks like Steve Carrell in a suit. And Anne Hathaway in a retro-chic suit-ey thing. With their arms crossed. Not as … Continue reading